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When it comes to building startups in Boston, success begets success
Boston has a long history of startups, fueled by the many colleges in the area, helping to feed a successful startup ecosystem.
Join us at TechCrunch Early Stage in Boston this month to hear Lily Lyman, Emily Knight, Rudina Seseri and other top founders and investors talk about essential startup skills. Emily Knight is the president at The Engine Accelerator, an MIT spinoff that works with founders trying to convert big ideas from research labs into startups, sometimes known as “tough tech.” She says it’s a combination of factors, starting with the 35 colleges and universities in Boston alone. There is a shortage of affordable housing, the public transit system is crumbling, traffic is awful, bars close at 2 a.m. — and the city, with its Yankee modesty, is not good at promoting itself.
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